(ANSA) - WASHINGTON, DEC 05 - Former senator and former Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole has died at the age of 98.
The family made it known. A Grand OldParty attorney and senator for the state of Kansas from 1969-1996, he also served as a majority leader, setting the record for the longest period of time held in that role by one person.
In 1976 he was nominated for vice president by Gerald Ford, but that election the Republicans were defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.
After attempting a candidacy in the Republican primary in 1988, overwhelmed by Ronald Reagan's vice president, George H. W. Bush, Dole was the Republican presidential candidate in 1996 but was defeated by outgoing president Bill Clinton. (HANDLE).
